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{{OrksPortalChaosPortal}}'''Breakback Hill''' (also known as the '''Disaster at Breakback Hill'''), was the site of a disastrous battle for between the [[Catachan 2nd Jungle Fighters Regiment|2nd Catachan]] of the [[Imperial Guard]] and the [[Orks]]. In this battle [[Colonel ]] [[Greiss]] was wounded but carried off the battlefield by [[Nork Deddog]].<sup>{{Fn|1</sup>}}
== History ==Breakback Hill (Imperial archive file: Hill-Gamma Zero), also known as the Disaster at Breakback Hill, was a disastrous defeat for the Imperial's 2nd Catachan located upon [[Balor]] in the [[Charadon ]] Sector. Not much is known about this battle due to the very high casualty casualties count, but that the two factions fighting combatants were the 2nd Catachan and a bunch of several [[Chaos Renegades]]. The brute -but-intelligent [[Ogryn ]] [[Nork Deddog]] notably carried his the frail and half -dead Colonel Greiss to safety during which , after an explosion fired from set off by the Renegades hit the soil ground right next to which the Colonel 's command post. Although the Renegades were poorly armed, outnumbered, and most likely demoralized due to the lack of a command structure and a shortage of supplies, they had the advantage of holding a strategic area. The battle swung in their favour when a large number of [[Khorne Berserkers]] allied with them, stormed out of nowhere and down the hill, slaughtering most of the unexpecting [[guardsmen]].  It was sending commands froma great loss to the Imperial Guard, and although Nork Deddog received yet another medal for saving the Colonel's life, little is known as to why the hill was of such value to the forces of Chaos.
What was known on the Imperial's loss was that the Renegades seemed to have only one advantage, that they had captured a stategic point. Other than that, like most Renegades, they were poorly armed, outnumbered and most likely demoralized due to the lack of Command and shortage of supplies. However, at some point during the Battle, the Renegades got the upper hand when a large number of their dedicated allegiance, [[Khorne]] Beserkers, stormed out of nowhere down the hill, slaughtering most of the unexpecting guardsmen. It was a great loss to the Imperial Guard, and although Nork Deddog received yet another medal for saving the Colonel's life, little is known as to why the hill was of such value to the forces of Chaos.
==Sources==
*<sup>{{Endn|1</sup>}}: [[Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition, 1st Codex)]], {{Cite This}}*<sup>{{Endn|2</sup>}}: [[Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition)]], {{Cite This}}
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